Urology patient information leaflets

Please see the British Association of Urological Surgeons website for leaflets about all procedures:

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• A guide to conservative kidney management - Information for patients (PDF, 39KB)
• Advice After the Insertion of Your Peritoneal Dialysis (PD) Catheter (PDF, 96KB)
• Autosomal Dominant Polycystic Kidney Disease (PDF, 56KB)

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• Bone Health for Men with Prostate Cancer (PDF, 173KB)

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• Calciphylaxis (PDF, 42KB)
• Caring for my Fistula or Graft (AVF or AVG) (PDF, 80KB)
• Chair Based Exercises for Strength and Balance (PDF, 658KB)
• Children's fluid management: Information for parents to help with your child's continence (PDF, 37KB)
• Chronic Kidney Disease (PDF, 52KB)
• Chronic Kidney Disease - Mineral Bone Disorder (CKD-MBD) (PDF, 44KB)
• Cinacalcet for hyperparathyroidism caused by Chronic Kidney Disease (PDF, 43KB)
• Clinical Psychology Service (PDF, 41KB)
• Cyclophosphamide treatment in the Oxford Kidney Unit (PDF, 49KB)

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• Dietary advice for people with Kidney Stones (PDF, 50KB)

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• Eating safely after your kidney or pancreas transplant (PDF, 46KB)
• Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS): Laparoscopic Nephrectomy (keyhole surgery for kidney removal) - patient diary (PDF, 96KB)
• Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS): Laparoscopic Nephroureterectomy or Robotic Nephrectomy (keyhole surgery for partial or complete kidney removal) - patient diary (PDF, 102KB)
• Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS): Open Nephrectomy (complete or partial kidney removal) - leaflet (PDF, 113KB)
• Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS): Open Nephrectomy (complete or partial kidney removal) - patient diary (PDF, 103KB)
• Erythropoietin therapy in people with chronic kidney disease (PDF, 43KB)

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• Flexible cystoscopy (PDF, 41KB)

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• Getting to and from your Haemodialysis Unit (PDF, 40KB)

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• Haemodialysis: Access for haemodialysis Part 1 - Preparing for haemodialysis and forming your new dialysis fistula/graft (PDF, 94KB)
• Haemodialysis: Access for haemodialysis Part 2 - Starting dialysis and looking after your new fistula (PDF, 69KB)
• Haemodialysis: Access for haemodialysis Part 3 - Keeping your fistula or graft working well (PDF, 45KB)
• Having an alemtuzumab (Campath) injection (PDF, 43KB)
• Healthy eating after your transplant (PDF, 127KB)
• Hepatitis B Immunisation for people with Chronic Kidney Disease (PDF, 43KB)
• Hernia repair - Information for Renal and Transplant patients (PDF, 45KB)
• HeRO Graft - Information for patients with Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) (PDF, 61KB)
• Home haemodialysis: Are you considering doing haemodialysis at home? (PDF, 39KB)
• How to measure your blood pressure at home (PDF, 36KB)
• How to Take Your Phosphate Binders (PDF, 81KB)

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• IgA Nephropathy (PDF, 87KB)
• I'm Thinking of Stopping Dialysis (PDF, 80KB)
• Increasing Potassium in Your Diet (PDF, 48KB)
• Insertion and removal of your temporary line for haemodialysis (PDF, 47KB)
• Insertion of your Peritoneal Dialysis (PD) catheter (PDF, 122KB)
• Iron treatment for people with chronic kidney disease (CKD) (PDF, 66KB)

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• Kidney Biopsy (PDF, 47KB)
• Kidney treatment options for people who are going to need dialysis soon (PDF, 121KB)
• Kidney: 24 Hour Urine Collections for Kidney Stones (PDF, 40KB)
• Kidney: A guide to conservative kidney management (PDF, 39KB)
• Kidney: Living with kidney failure - the Kidney patient advisor (PDF, 40KB)

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• Ligation and Excision of Your Haemodialysis Fistula or Graft (PDF, 81KB)
• Lithotripsy (Extracorporeal Shock Wave Lithotripsy) (PDF, 27KB)

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• Maintaining a healthy bowel when on Peritoneal Dialysis (PD) (PDF, 91KB)
• Making the most of what you eat: high protein, high calorie dietary advice for renal patients (PDF, 36KB)
• Managing your fluid balance - information for people with chronic kidney disease (PDF, 53KB)
• Managing your food and fluid intake when on haemodialysis (PDF, 64KB)
• Managing your food and fluid intake when on peritoneal dialysis (PDF, 63KB)
• Membranous nephropathy (PDF, 46KB)

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• Paediatric Urology: Children's fluid management: Information for parents to help with your child's continence (PDF, 37KB)
• Parathyroidectomy - an operation to remove overactive parathyroid glands (PDF, 77KB)
• Peritoneal dialysis (PD) peritonitis (PDF, 37KB)
• Phosphate and salt content of cheese for people with chronic kidney disease (PDF, 36KB)
• Preparing for Peritoneal Dialysis at home (PDF, 224KB)
• Preparing for your operation: information for people with chronic kidney disease (PDF, 52KB)
• Prostate Artery Embolisation (PAE) (PDF, 74KB)
• Prostate brachytherapy: low dose rate prostate brachytherapy (PDF, 76KB)
• Prostate cancer follow-up care - Patient Led Follow-Up (PLFU) (PDF, 46KB)
• Prostate cancer follow-up care (Medical Oncology) (PDF, 68KB)
• Prostate Pathway (PDF, 40KB)

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• Radiotherapy to the prostate - Preparation for planning and treatment including fiducial marker insertion (PDF, 109KB)
• Reducing phosphate in your diet (PDF, 41KB)
• Reducing salt intake (PDF, 39KB)
• Reducing the risk of infection when using Peritoneal Dialysis (PDF, 46KB)
• Removal of your Peritoneal Dialysis (PD) catheter (PDF, 49KB)
• Renal Anaemia Specialist Nurses (PDF, 31KB)
• Renal Dietitian Patient Transfer (PDF, 55KB)
• Renal Supportive Care information for patients (PDF, 39KB)
• Renal Tumour Ablation (PDF, 161KB)
• Renal: Care of my Tesio line (PDF, 92KB)
• Renal: Dietary advice for Gout (PDF, 41KB)
• Renal: Eating out advice for people following a renal diet (PDF, 55KB)
• Renal: Festive foods for people with Chronic Kidney Disease (PDF, 70KB)
• Renal: Intravenous iron treatment at home (PDF, 47KB)
• Renal: Kidney Disease and looking after your feet (PDF, 42KB)
• Renal: Looking ahead, talking about your future care - Information for people with chronic kidney disease (PDF, 38KB)
• Renal: Ponticelli regimen for the treatment of Membranous Nephropathy (PDF, 44KB)
• Renal: Preserving Your Veins (PDF, 41KB)
• Renal: Reducing potassium in your diet (PDF, 109KB)
• Renal: The Renal Ward (PDF, 46KB)
• Renal: Understanding your blood and dialysis results (PDF, 58KB)
• Risks of exposure to blood borne viruses when on dialysis (PDF, 36KB)

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• Shared haemodialysis care (PDF, 37KB)

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• Tell me more about vasculitis (PDF, 68KB)
• The Kidney Failure Risk Equation (PDF, 116KB)
• The Live Donor Programme and Laparoscopic Donor Nephrectomy - information for donors (PDF, 68KB)
• Tolvaptan (Jinarc) for Adult Polycystic Kidney Disease (ADPKD) (PDF, 46KB)
• Transperineal prostate biopsy under local anaesthetic (PDF, 41KB)
• Transplant Waiting List: Hepatitis C Donor Organ (PDF, 80KB)
• Transrectal prostate biopsy under local anaesthetic (PDF, 43KB)
• Treating kidney diseases with rituximab (PDF, 52KB)
• Treating kidney diseases with steroids (PDF, 49KB)
• Treatment options for chronic kidney disease (PDF, 177KB)
• Trial without catheter (TWOC) (PDF, 41KB)

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• Ureteric stent (PDF, 90KB)
• Urine free flow rate and bladder scanning (PDF, 41KB)
• Urodynamics test (PDF, 21KB)

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• Venous Needle Dislodgement (PDF, 46KB)

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• Websites and cookbooks for people with chronic kidney disease (PDF, 69KB)
• Welcome to Milton Keynes Renal Unit (PDF, 44KB)
• Welcome to Stoke Mandeville Renal Unit (PDF, 53KB)
• Welcome to Swindon Renal Unit (PDF, 56KB)
• Welcome to the Horton Renal Unit (PDF, 58KB)
• Welcome to the Oxford Haemodialysis Units (PDF, 52KB)
• Welcome to Wycombe Renal Unit (PDF, 50KB)
• What can I eat if I am following a renal diet? (PDF, 105KB)
• What can I expect at the Vascular Access clinic? (PDF, 43KB)
• What foods can relatives bring me whilst I am on the renal ward? (PDF, 44KB)
• What is Renal Supportive Care? Information for healthcare professionals (PDF, 40KB)
• What to do if you're bleeding from your fistula or graft (AVF or AVG) (PDF, 23KB)

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• Your blood pressure and dialysis (PDF, 46KB)
• Your Kidney Transplant (PDF, 113KB)